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EP2589340 - MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 24.04.2015 Database last updated on 08.10.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	12.10.2018	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): AL	published on 14.11.2018 [2018/46]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states FUJIFILM Corporation 26-30, Nishiazabu 2-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 106-8620 / JP
	[N/P]
Former [2013/19]	For all designated states FUJIFILM Corporation 26-30, Nishiazabu 2-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 106-8620 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / INOUE, Tsutomu c/o FUJIFILM Corporation 7-3 Akasaka 9-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 106-8620 / JP
	[2013/19]
Representative(s)	Klunker . Schmitt-Nilson . Hirsch Patentanwälte Destouchesstraße 68 80796 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2013/19]	Klunker . Schmitt-Nilson . Hirsch Destouchesstraße 68 80796 München / DE
Application number, filing date	12774407.6	12.04.2012
	WO2012JP02536
Priority number, date	JP20110092723	19.04.2011 Original published format: JP 2011092723
	[2013/19]
Filing language	JA
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2012144167
	Date:	26.10.2012
	Language:	JA
	[2012/43]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2589340
	Date:	08.05.2013
	Language:	EN
	[2013/19]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2589340
	Date:	18.06.2014
	Language:	EN
	[2014/25]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	JP	26.10.2012
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	24.06.2013
Classification	IPC:	A61B6/03, G06T1/00, G06T7/00, G06T3/00	[2014/04]
	CPC:	G06T7/0012 (EP,US); G06T3/067 (EP,US); G06T7/10 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2013/30]	A61B6/03, G06T1/00, G06T7/00
	Former IPC [2013/19]	A61B6/03, G06T1/00
Designated contracting states	AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2013/19]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	VORRICHTUNG, VERFAHREN UND PROGRAMM ZUR VERARBEITUNG MEDIZINISCHER BILDER	[2013/19]
	English:	MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM	[2013/19]
	French:	APPAREIL, PROCÉDÉ ET PROGRAMME DE TRAITEMENT D'IMAGE MÉDICALE	[2013/19]
Entry into regional phase	21.12.2012	Translation filed
	27.12.2012	National basic fee paid
	27.12.2012	Search fee paid
	27.12.2012	Designation fee(s) paid
	27.12.2012	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	21.12.2012	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	27.12.2012	Examination requested [2013/19]
	17.01.2014	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	30.04.2014	Fee for grant paid
	30.04.2014	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	30.04.2014	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 17.01.2014
Opposition(s)	19.03.2015	No opposition filed within time limit [2015/22]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	27.03.2014	Renewal fee patent year 03
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	12.04.2012
	AL	18.06.2014
	AT	18.06.2014
	BE	18.06.2014
	BG	18.06.2014
	CY	18.06.2014
	CZ	18.06.2014
	DK	18.06.2014
	EE	18.06.2014
	ES	18.06.2014
	FI	18.06.2014
	HR	18.06.2014
	IT	18.06.2014
	LT	18.06.2014
	LV	18.06.2014
	MC	18.06.2014
	MK	18.06.2014
	MT	18.06.2014
	PL	18.06.2014
	RO	18.06.2014
	RS	18.06.2014
	SE	18.06.2014
	SI	18.06.2014
	SK	18.06.2014
	SM	18.06.2014
	TR	18.06.2014
	NO	18.09.2014
	GR	19.09.2014
	IS	18.10.2014
	PT	20.10.2014
	[2018/46]
Former [2018/31]	HU	12.04.2012
	AT	18.06.2014
	BE	18.06.2014
	BG	18.06.2014
	CY	18.06.2014
	CZ	18.06.2014
	DK	18.06.2014
	EE	18.06.2014
	ES	18.06.2014
	FI	18.06.2014
	HR	18.06.2014
	IT	18.06.2014
	LT	18.06.2014
	LV	18.06.2014
	MC	18.06.2014
	MK	18.06.2014
	MT	18.06.2014
	PL	18.06.2014
	RO	18.06.2014
	RS	18.06.2014
	SE	18.06.2014
	SI	18.06.2014
	SK	18.06.2014
	SM	18.06.2014
	TR	18.06.2014
	NO	18.09.2014
	GR	19.09.2014
	IS	18.10.2014
	PT	20.10.2014
Former [2017/39]	HU	12.04.2012
	AT	18.06.2014
	BE	18.06.2014
	BG	18.06.2014
	CY	18.06.2014
	CZ	18.06.2014
	DK	18.06.2014
	EE	18.06.2014
	ES	18.06.2014
	FI	18.06.2014
	HR	18.06.2014
	IT	18.06.2014
	LT	18.06.2014
	LV	18.06.2014
	MC	18.06.2014
	MT	18.06.2014
	PL	18.06.2014
	RO	18.06.2014
	RS	18.06.2014
	SE	18.06.2014
	SI	18.06.2014
	SK	18.06.2014
	SM	18.06.2014
	TR	18.06.2014
	NO	18.09.2014
	GR	19.09.2014
	IS	18.10.2014
	PT	20.10.2014
Former [2017/03]	AT	18.06.2014
	BE	18.06.2014
	CY	18.06.2014
	CZ	18.06.2014
	DK	18.06.2014
	EE	18.06.2014
	ES	18.06.2014
	FI	18.06.2014
	HR	18.06.2014
	IT	18.06.2014
	LT	18.06.2014
	LV	18.06.2014
	MC	18.06.2014
	MT	18.06.2014
	PL	18.06.2014
	RO	18.06.2014
	RS	18.06.2014
	SE	18.06.2014
	SI	18.06.2014
	SK	18.06.2014
	NO	18.09.2014
	GR	19.09.2014
	IS	18.10.2014
	PT	20.10.2014
Former [2016/01]	AT	18.06.2014
	BE	18.06.2014
	CY	18.06.2014
	CZ	18.06.2014
	DK	18.06.2014
	EE	18.06.2014
	ES	18.06.2014
	FI	18.06.2014
	HR	18.06.2014
	IT	18.06.2014
	LT	18.06.2014
	LV	18.06.2014
	MC	18.06.2014
	PL	18.06.2014
	RO	18.06.2014
	RS	18.06.2014
	SE	18.06.2014
	SI	18.06.2014
	SK	18.06.2014
	NO	18.09.2014
	GR	19.09.2014
	IS	18.10.2014
	PT	20.10.2014
Former [2015/36]	AT	18.06.2014
	BE	18.06.2014
	CY	18.06.2014
	CZ	18.06.2014
	DK	18.06.2014
	EE	18.06.2014
	ES	18.06.2014
	FI	18.06.2014
	HR	18.06.2014
	IT	18.06.2014
	LT	18.06.2014
	LV	18.06.2014
	PL	18.06.2014
	RO	18.06.2014
	RS	18.06.2014
	SE	18.06.2014
	SI	18.06.2014
	SK	18.06.2014
	NO	18.09.2014
	GR	19.09.2014
	IS	18.10.2014
	PT	20.10.2014
Former [2015/30]	AT	18.06.2014
	BE	18.06.2014
	CY	18.06.2014
	CZ	18.06.2014
	DK	18.06.2014
	EE	18.06.2014
	ES	18.06.2014
	FI	18.06.2014
	HR	18.06.2014
	IT	18.06.2014
	LT	18.06.2014
	LV	18.06.2014
	PL	18.06.2014
	RO	18.06.2014
	RS	18.06.2014
	SE	18.06.2014
	SK	18.06.2014
	NO	18.09.2014
	GR	19.09.2014
	IS	18.10.2014
	PT	20.10.2014
Former [2015/22]	AT	18.06.2014
	CY	18.06.2014
	CZ	18.06.2014
	DK	18.06.2014
	EE	18.06.2014
	ES	18.06.2014
	FI	18.06.2014
	HR	18.06.2014
	IT	18.06.2014
	LT	18.06.2014
	LV	18.06.2014
	PL	18.06.2014
	RO	18.06.2014
	RS	18.06.2014
	SE	18.06.2014
	SK	18.06.2014
	NO	18.09.2014
	GR	19.09.2014
	IS	18.10.2014
	PT	20.10.2014
Former [2015/12]	AT	18.06.2014
	CY	18.06.2014
	CZ	18.06.2014
	EE	18.06.2014
	ES	18.06.2014
	FI	18.06.2014
	HR	18.06.2014
	LT	18.06.2014
	LV	18.06.2014
	PL	18.06.2014
	RO	18.06.2014
	RS	18.06.2014
	SE	18.06.2014
	SK	18.06.2014
	NO	18.09.2014
	GR	19.09.2014
	IS	18.10.2014
	PT	20.10.2014
Former [2015/11]	CY	18.06.2014
	CZ	18.06.2014
	EE	18.06.2014
	ES	18.06.2014
	FI	18.06.2014
	HR	18.06.2014
	LT	18.06.2014
	LV	18.06.2014
	PL	18.06.2014
	RO	18.06.2014
	RS	18.06.2014
	SE	18.06.2014
	SK	18.06.2014
	NO	18.09.2014
	GR	19.09.2014
	PT	20.10.2014
Former [2015/10]	CY	18.06.2014
	CZ	18.06.2014
	EE	18.06.2014
	ES	18.06.2014
	FI	18.06.2014
	HR	18.06.2014
	LT	18.06.2014
	LV	18.06.2014
	RS	18.06.2014
	SE	18.06.2014
	SK	18.06.2014
	NO	18.09.2014
	GR	19.09.2014
Former [2014/52]	CY	18.06.2014
	FI	18.06.2014
	HR	18.06.2014
	LT	18.06.2014
	LV	18.06.2014
	RS	18.06.2014
	SE	18.06.2014
	NO	18.09.2014
	GR	19.09.2014
Former [2014/50]	CY	18.06.2014
	FI	18.06.2014
	HR	18.06.2014
	LT	18.06.2014
	LV	18.06.2014
	SE	18.06.2014
	NO	18.09.2014
	GR	19.09.2014
Former [2014/49]	CY	18.06.2014
	FI	18.06.2014
	LT	18.06.2014
	NO	18.09.2014
Former [2014/48]	CY	18.06.2014
	LT	18.06.2014
Former [2014/47]	CY	18.06.2014
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